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m Tlumier'5 Hiftory of Ainerlc^in 

 iFerns. But as they are Plants which 

 are feWom propagated in Gardens, 

 1 fhall pafs them over in this 

 Place. 



FIR-TREE i I'h'e Abies. 



FLAMMULA JOVIS5 sy/^/e Cle- 

 matitis. 



FLOS AFRICANUS j -vide Ta- 

 getcs. 



FLOS PASSIONIS j tide Gra- 

 nadilla. 



FLOS SOLIS i <viJe Corona 

 SoHs. 



FLOS TRINITATISi ^7^/^ Viola. 



FLOWER. 



A Flower is a natural Produdion 

 which precedes the Fruit, contain- 

 ing the Grain or Seed. Tho' a 

 Flower is a Thing fo well known, 

 yet the Definition of this Part of a 

 Plant is as various almoft as the 

 Authors who define it. Jungius 

 <3efines it to be the more tender 

 Part of a Plant, remarkable for 

 its Colour or Form, or both, co- 

 hering with the Fruit j yet this 

 Author hnnfelf confcffes that this 

 Definition is too narrow ^ for fome 

 ot thofe Bodies which he allows 

 to be Flowers, are remote from 

 the Fruit. 



Mr. Kay fays it coheres, for th? 

 mcjl party with the Rudiments of 

 the Fruit. Thus the Words for 

 the mofi fart, are hardly to be ad- 

 mitted into Definitions. 



Tournefort defines it to be a Fart 

 cf a VUnt, very often remarkable 

 for its peculiar Colours, for the mod 

 •part adhering to the young Fruit, to 

 ■which it feems to afford the firfi 

 l\ourijl?ment, in order io explicate its 

 ■mofi tender Farts. Which Defini- 

 tion is ftiil more deficient than the 

 preceding, by this uncertain Mode 

 x>f Expredion. 



But, in my Opinion, Mr. John 

 Martyn has b^^cn happier in his Dcr- 



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finition of a Flower, than thole 

 above mention'd : He defines a 

 Flower to be the Organs of Genera- 

 tion of both Sexes adhering to a com- 

 mon Placenta, together with their 

 common Coverings j or ot either 

 Sex feparateiy, with its proper Co- 

 verings, if it have any. 

 The Parts of a Flower are, 

 i. Th-e Ova^ry^ which is the Ru- 

 diment of the Fruit, and fo is 

 properly the Female Organ of Ge- 

 neration. 



2. The Stile, which is a Body 

 accompanying the Ovary, either 

 arifing from the Top of it, or 

 ftanding as an Axis in the Middle, 

 with the Embryons of the Seeds 

 round it. 



3. Tht Summits or Apices iVjhAch. 

 are thofe Bodies that contain the 

 prolifick Powder, analogous to the 

 Male Sperm in Animals ; and ge^ 

 nerally hang upon flender Threads, 

 which are call'd the Chives. 



4. The Fetals are thofe tender, 

 fine-colour'd Leaves which are ge- 

 nerally the moil confpicuous Parts 

 of a Flower. 



y. The Empalement or Calix is 

 thofe tender Leaves which cover 

 the other Parts of a Flower. 



FOENICULUM5 Fennel. 

 The Characters arej 



It is an Umbelliferous Vlant, whofe 

 Leaves are divided iato Capillaceous 

 y^gs : The Fetals of the Flower ar^ 

 intire, and plac'd orbicularly, expand- 

 ing in Form of a Rofe : Farh Flower 

 is fucceeded by two oblong, thick, 

 gibbofe Seeds, which are channel' d on 

 one Side, and plain on the other. 

 The Species are ,• 



1. FoENicuLUM i vulgare, Ger- 

 manicum. C. B. Common Fennel. 



2. FoENicuLUM i /<?///V atroviren- 

 tibtis. H. Edin. Common Fennclj 

 v/ith Dark-green Leaves. 



5. FOEXI^ 



